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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Hi, hope you're seeing the sun today. It's very sunny here albeit a little chilly, but it certainly makes me feel happier.
On to my card for today though, I have been asked to make a retirement card for someone who will be spending their extra time doing up their house. I thought I would use the tools die that I incorporated in my card for yesterday, here's how it turned out.

Monday, 27 January 2014

Hi Crafters,
Another wet day here, so after my housework was done I went in to my craft room and made this card.

I have to say the red colour on this card is not as bright as it turned out in the photo, it's a cherry colour, but you will have to imagine it, lol. The dies are new and are a set from Rob Addams All Occasion Dies and they cut out perfectly. Here's a side view so that you can see the dimension on the card.

Thursday, 23 January 2014

Hello... back again...Scroll down for my earlier post
The challenge over at ABC Christmas challenge Blog is 'B for Bare Essentials' so you have to use a bare minimum of embellishments. I found it quite difficult to leave it with only one snowflake but here is my card...

Just a bit of matting and layering, 3D Barkley image, a sentiment stamp and two snowflakes layered up on top of each other with a glitter dome in the middle.

I used the decoupage from the sheet but this time I only used the matching papers for the banners. The beautifully embossed star card, which I Distress Inked with Faded Jeans, came from Lime Tree Crafts and I purchased this from Birmingham NEC last year. The faded type font paper comes from Hot Off The Press and I've had it in my stash for ages. I was hoarding it but sense prevailed and I thought it would look great with this combination.

That's two cards made for February, I have another nine to complete AND I'm now slightly behind with my 'One a week Christmas card' challenge that I am determined to stick to... ...so I might see you all later with another post.

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Hi Crafters,
A warm welcome to all my new and existing followers and a thank you for your lovely comments here on my blog.
I haven't posted for a week it seems and I just don't know where that week went, I've been in my craft room but, alas my crafty mojo has spread it's wings and flown South for the winter I think. I have lots of cards to make and my order book is quite full but I just can't seem to get in to it right now so I rummaged through my draws and decided to take an easy option of using a decoupage kit and matching papers from Docrafts.

Card Recipe

Docrafts Wellington 6 x 6 paper pack

Docrafts Wellington Decoupage sheet

Docrafts Papermania Capsule Collection Polka Dot Mini Buttons

Doesn't he look so squeezy and cuddly﻿. I like the muted tones on this card for my Nephew and I placed three Docrafts mini buttons in the corner for interest.

I have a few more male cards to make for February, I think I might use this set again, unless of course, Mr Mojo returns soon.

It's very dull and drizzly outside the window today so I'm not going to look out anymore, just keep my head down and get on with an increasing list of commissions that, although I'm grateful for them, I just don't seem to be making headway with, lol.

Monday, 13 January 2014

Hi Crafters,
I couldn't resist treating myself to these lovely stamps when Clearly Besotted Stamps released their new collection last week. Unfortunately I was too late to purchase the matching dies as they flew out the door very quickly so will have to wait for those. However, I managed to cut quite easily around the stamped images and this is my entry for their Challenge #7 - 'Love'

I thought I would have a go at CAS cards for a change. It's harder than it looks, I want to keep adding stuff but I managed to hold back enough to keep this as Clean and Simple as possible. The red looks rather orangey in the photo but it is a deeper red in real life, lol.
I'm off to keep up my promise to myself to make one Christmas card a week this year, so I'm thinking snowmen today, we'll see what stamp I can come up with and maybe I will catch you later with a card.
Thanks for stopping by,

Friday, 10 January 2014

Hi,
I was inspired to enter the challenge over at Marvelous Magnolia by Linda Levoir, one of the DT members. She has made a wonderful card for the challenge and you can see it on her blog Sticky with Glitter . I only have three Magnolia Tilda stamps at the moment so I chose one which looked fairly simple to colour as I intended to try something new. Instead of using my Promarkers I thought I would try water colouring with Distress Inks for a change.

Card Recipe

Cardstock - Kraft

Papers - Doodlebug Designs (spotted)

Distress Inks and waterbrush

Stickles

Flowers and lace - WOC﻿

Corner Dies - Marianne Designs LR0280

Frame Die - Memory box Small Felicity Frame

As it's my first attempt﻿ at water colouring with DI's I don't think it turned out too bad. I know what to change for next time now. The challenge at Marvelous Magnolia requires lace in your project and as I've almost covered mine up here's a close up just to prove it's there, lol.

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Hi Crafters,
A lot of my customers like to have names put on their cards to personalise them and make them extra special. So I thought I would use the same layout as in yesterdays card but using a different colour-way and adding the recipients name.

Card Recipe

Spellbinders - Fancy Lattice Die & Fancy Tags Die

Cheery Lynn - Fanciful Flourish

Flowers - WOC

Ribbon and Peel-offs from stash

I'd like to enter this card in to the challenge at In The Pink - Anything Goes

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Hi Crafters,
Hope the weather has been better today where ever you live, and lets hope for brighter days to come.

Here is a card I was commissioned to make which has a Spring, floral feel... although I must say that the green leaves were not that vibrant in real life, as you may have noticed Santa didn't bring me a new camera after all :( anywho on to my card...

Friday, 3 January 2014

Hi Crafters,
My creative juices are flowing at the moment so I've taken advantage of it and made another card. These beautiful My Minds Eye papers arrived today and aren't they just gorgeous and colourful?

Hi, just a quick post to let you know about the fantastic giveaway that is going on over at The Ribbon Girl Challenge Blog . All you have to do is leave a comment there under the post and mention it on your own blog with a link back to their store, The Ribbon Girl ,easy.

Hi Everyone,
Although it's winter outside my thoughts are with Spring days, colourful flower borders, birds and butterflies. I really can't wait for the better weather to arrive. So with that in mind I created this birthday card.

I used my Spellbinders Butterfly Magic die and then cut out another butterfly and layered it on top. The background was plain white card inked with Distress Inks and mica powder for the shimmer.

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Hi,
Now that the new year has started I have been busy making 'Thank you' cards for friends and family. This year I have chosen a simple design to make my life easier, lol, and batch made them all the same.

A6 card blank

Docrafts Spotted ribbon

Embossalicious Daisy embossing folder

Stampin 'Up sentiment stamp

Adhesive gem stones

This card is also dedicated to the lovely people who have visited my blog since it began in August 2013, and left some wonderful comments. I really do appreciate the time taken to look and comment on my work and look forward to more followers in this year ahead. I have thoroughly enjoyed this little venture in to the blogging world and have encountered such friendly and genuine people along the way who are always willing to give advice and encouragement, so

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Hi, my name is Lorraine and I'd like to welcome you to my little craft blog. Here I will be sharing my cards, paper-crafting and jewellery creations as I learn new techniques and tips along the way. Hope you enjoy browsing, please feel free to comment and share ideas!

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